The only thing that stops the dust is the rain. It’s a sweet reprieve, but there is no middle ground. The land is either as dry as the Betty Ford clinic, or as wet as the ocean floor. Everything can be seen from the ridge overlooking Armadillo as John Marston gently bounces along atop...

Actually piling into Chat would be a good idea. I'll be in there starting tomorrow. I'm going to be bringing everyone gifts, so check-in to chat when you're ready to play. I should be on from about 10 am (or earlier) to about 4 pm PT.

Multiplayer in this game works really well when you've already established connections with people. If someone visits and you both add each other as best friends, then you can see if they're online in-game and you can send messages back and forth to coordinate "open your gate, no you open yours."

One thing that's easy to forget is... first of all best friending people. Affen, I missed you. I know you play earlier so I'll try to have my gate open tomorrow morning ish. I'll post here when I do.

The second thing is, tap the Heart icon on your touch screen and then tap ON to connect to the internet and send chat messages to each other despite being in your respective towns.

Thanks everyone for playing today! Happy Birthday to Nick. lol hope this was a fun party!

Make sure you add everyone else so that everyone is friends. Then don't forget to play with your gates open, add each other as best friends, and turn your inter-town messaging own by tapping the Heart on the touch screen while you're playing. Even if you don't play with your gate open, you can check to see if others are open and see if people are online with the BFF-messaging.

Grinding for bells isn't exactly the best way to play the game. You need to accept that you're going to be carrying loans pretty much throughout the game, so while it can be fun to blaze through and get your entire house paid off, you will burn out on the game and miss the long-term fun you might get out of it.